by Geoffrey Parker, Colin Martin · Editorial Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408101970
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«La Gran Armada» is a historical essay by Geoffrey Parker and Colin Martin, published by Editorial Planeta in hardcover (620 pages, in Spanish).
Reconstruction of the Spanish Armada of 1588: the 130 ships sent by Philip II to invade England, their failure and the return skirting Ireland. Parker uses Spanish and Dutch archives, Martin studies wrecks of the fleet, and together they review myths about the Spanish threat and the causes of the defeat, such as the weather and English tactics.
The edition bears the subtitle «La mayor flota jamás vista desde la creación del mundo». Translation by Carmen Martínez Gimeno and Julio A. Pardos. Published on September 20, 2011.
Recommended for readers interested in the naval and military history of the 16th century and in the reign of Philip II.
Noel Geoffrey Parker is an English historian specialising in the history of Western Europe, Spain, and warfare during the early modern era. His best-known book is The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800, first published by Cambridge University Press in 1988.
